The Capture (Animorphs, #6) [Paperback]

K.A. Applegate (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Attempting to get more information about the Yeerks, the Human Controllers, Jakes is suddenly taken over by one of the parasitic aliens and becomes one of them, and the Animorphs launch a rescue mission.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590629824
• ISBN-13: 978-0590629829
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Katherine Applegate's many books include the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter book series, the picture book The Buffalo Storm, and the award-winning novel Home of the Brave. With her husband, Michael Grant, she wrote the hugely popular series Animorphs, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Katherine was inspired to write The One and Only Ivan after reading about the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla. The real Ivan lived alone in a tiny cage for twenty-seven years at a shopping mall before being moved to Zoo Atlanta after a public outcry. He is now a beloved celebrity at the zoo, which houses the nation's largest collection of western lowland gorillas. Ivan is well known for his paintings, which he "signs" with a thumb-print.

Katherine lives in California with her husband and two children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jake - the Fearless Leader - a CONTROLLER!, March 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Capture (Animorphs (Prebound)) (School & Library Binding)

Can you believe it! Jake, the leader of the Animorphs, theone that has to make all the life- and-death decisons, has one ofthose DIGUSTING Yeerks in his head! Here's the facts: the Animorphsfind out about some people becoming Controllers in a hospital. They cheak it out. Sneak in as flies. Suddenly, BAM! They're attacked! Jake is shot and falls in a portable Yeerk Pool. This means trouble. If they don't get rid of the Yeerk, the Animorphs lose their leader... and their lives! Read the book to find out what happeans. You'll love it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now he's one of them..., July 14, 2004

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This review is from: The Capture (Animorphs, #6) (Paperback)

Jake and the other Animorphs discover that the Yeerks plan to invade plenty of humans against their will at the town's hospital. To make things worse, the Yeerks want to invade the state's governor who is planning to run for president! When the Animorphs take a trip to the town's hospital to do some invesitgating, they stumble onto a Yeerk pool...and Jake accidentaley falls into the Yeerk pool.

Now, Jake has a Yeerk in his head and there's nothing he can do about it. The Yeerk knows all his secrets (including the names of the Animorphs) and Jake isn't able to tell his friends anything. Fortunately, the others have figured out Jake's been invaded, and they have a plan to destroy the Yeerk. Unless the Yeerk figures out a way to destroy them all first...

THE CAPTURE is an excellent novel. The beginning started out as one of your average Animorphs books, but then the middle was where the things got intense. It really had me page-turning, and I could've sworn that it would be the end for Jake. The very ending of this book might make you a little sad, but it's something to expect in a book by K.A. Applegate. All in all, this is a very good book to keep you entertained for a while

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jake, Animorph, is controlled by a Yeerk!, August 14, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Capture (Animorphs, #6) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed it. I was reading it on the bus,and thought I was Jake with a yeerk in my head. It has some laughs, about 90% from Marco. It also has suspense, danger, and some new morphs. what is special about Animorphs books is that the characters can turn into (morph) any animal they touch. They use this ability that they got from Andalites (good guys), to fight Yeerks, evil slugs that go inside intelligent species, Hork-Bajir, Taxxons Etc. and take over the body. Best book ever!!!